The fourth Imam · al-Sajjad, “the one who prostrates”
Imam Ali Zayn al-Abidin (AS)
Son of Imam Hussain (AS) and the fourth Imam. He survived Karbala, spoke out in Kufa and Damascus as a captive, and left the supplications gathered in al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya.
الإمام علي زين العابدين (السجاد)
- Born
- 38 AH (659 CE), according to the best-known report
- Father
- Imam Hussain (AS)
- Died
- 94 or 95 AH (713 or 714 CE), Medina
- Resting place
- Jannat al-Baqi, Medina
Life
Early life
Born in about 38 AH, he lived through part of the life of his grandfather Imam Ali (AS) and the imamates of his uncle Imam Hasan (AS) and his father Imam Hussain (AS). [WikiShia]
Karbala and captivity
He was at Karbala and survived it. Afterwards he was taken with the women and children of the family to Kufa and then Damascus, where he and Sayyida Zaynab (AS) spoke openly in Yazid’s court about what had happened. [WikiShia] [WikiShia]
Supplication and teaching
Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya is a collection of his supplications, teaching faith, the Qur’an and the purification of the soul through prayer. Risalat al-Huquq, the Treatise on Rights, sets out the duties a person owes to God, to themselves and to others. [WikiShia]
He died in Medina in 94 or 95 AH. Shia sources report that he was poisoned on the order of the Umayyad caliph al-Walid. He was buried in al-Baqi beside his uncle Imam Hasan (AS). [WikiShia] [WikiShia]
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